It was time to move on and Janelle copied the next set of instructions from the blackboard. She was ready. Picking up her berries, Janelle added them to the potion one by one. One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight. Then she took her chopped alihotsy leaves and sprinkled them into the cauldron using a clockwise circular motion. Taking a deep breath, Janelle waved her wand. She waited anxiously and was pleased to see her potion turn dark red, jus like it was supposed to. She didn't realize that she had been holding her breath in anticipation of the change until she released the stream of air.

Now they had to wait. Just like the professor said, Janelle hated waiting. With her brass cauldron, she would have to wait for 13 minutes. Well, at least she didn't have to wait 25 minutes.......that was something. Janelle made a mental note. One day she would have to get a copper cauldron. That was the go to cauldron for the impatient.

In the meantime, Janelle checked her watch and noted the time. Then she began the next step. This part was not going to be easy. She went to the professor's desk and got her frozen ashwinder egg. Then she set it in front of her. Thinking for a moment, Janelle decided how she was going to break the egg. Now whether or not it would work was the question. Janelle picked up her clean knife and her pestle. She placed the tip of he knife in the center of her egg and gave it a push. When she felt it had slightly penetrated the egg, she picked up her pestle. Holding the knife steady, Janelle took her pestle and tapped it on top of the knife handle. She was hoping that it would crack the egg and spilt it in two. It took some some doing, but after a while, the egg began to crack. At last, the egg broke into two pieces. They weren't exactly even in size, but it was good enough.

Janelle repeated the process until the egg had been broken into eight piecees. The task got a little easier as the pieces of egg became smaller. When that was done, Janellle checked her watch. It was almost time. When her thirteen minutes had passed, Janelle added her egg pieces to the potion and grabbed her metal stick. Then she began to stir the potion, putting a little muscle into her effort. Round and round the metal stick went. Janelle's arm was starting to get a little tired, but fortunately, the potion began to turn purple. Relieved Janelle stopped her stirring and removed the stick from the cauldron. While she waited for further instructions, she cleaned her dirty equipment.